Thursday, September 13, 2007

Working in the Yard: Fungi and Other Wonders

Another exciting entry from the Brownes:


Well, last Saturday we decided to work in our yard. Since we have so many trees we have to pick up branches and limbs frequently. We then mow down the weeds in the pastures and burn the debris. While I worked, I noticed that we had a lot of different fungi--some pretty, some not-so-pretty, some that don't smell, and some that smell worse than a locker room after a big game. Although, I took a lot of pictures, these are only a few of the literally dozens of toadstools, mushrooms, and fungi lurking in the vegetation of our yard.


There was also some very pretty vegetation---berries and pods. Since I'm not an herbologist or botanist, I have no idea what they are.

This tree (and MANY others) are entwined by huge vines. I think Tarzan probably could swing from these.

Note the strings (appendages, or whatever you want to call them) that hang off the vines!This pasture ended up looking pretty good once cleaned up!

1 comment:

Christine said...

If you get this the second picture of your unknown plant life is Poke. the leaves and stalk are edible. You wilt the greens like spinach or turnips greens and the stalk you cut up like okra and fry. The berries are poisonous. They make great dye though.